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Wendy's Co (WEN)
Nasdaq · Retail Trade · Retail-Eating & Drinking Places
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What Wendy's Co does
Company Overview Wendy’s is primarily engaged in the business of operating, developing and franchising a system of distinctive quick-service restaurants serving high quality food. Wendy’s opened its first restaurant in Columbus, Ohio in 1969. Today, Wendy’s is the second largest quick-service restaurant company in the hamburger sandwich segment in the United States (the “U.S.”) based on traffic and dollar share, and the third largest globally with 7,397 restaurants in the U.S. and 38 foreign countries and U.S. territories as of December 28, 2025. At December 28, 2025, there were 5,969 Wendy’s restaurants in operation in the U.S. Of these restaurants, 423 were operated by the Company and 5,546 were operated by a total of 203 franchisees.
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